EJECT


Meaning of EJECT in English

v.tr.

1. send or drive out precipitately or by force, esp. from a building or other property; compel to leave.

2 a cause (the pilot etc.) to be propelled from an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency. b (absol.) (of the pilot etc.) be ejected in this way (they both ejected at 1,000 feet).

3 cause to be removed or drop out (e.g. a spent cartridge from a gun).

4 dispossess (a tenant etc.) by legal process.

5 dart forth; emit.

Derivatives:

ejective adj. ejectment n.

Etymology: L ejicere eject- (as E-, jacere throw)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.